Maggie looked in the mirror as she stood in her bra and spanx at her crappy apartment. She was holding two dresses in her hands, one was grey with silver and shiny blue stripes on it while the other was a wine red tight dress. She looked at both and sighed, choosing the dark red dress for her date with Alex. She smiled as she looked in the mirror, going off to do her light makeup. Maggie pulled on her tennis shoes, jogging down stairs with her purse and heels in hand. She got into her car and began towards the establishment. When Maggie arrive, she tossed her shoes in the back, pulling on her heels and got out of her car, grabbing her purse before going to the nice restaurant. She'd asked the waiter if Alex danvers arrived. He nodded and smiled as he lead her to a table where the young woman sat. She had on a dark shimmering grey halter dress making Maggie glad that she didn't wear her other dress.

"Hey Mags." Alex said, standing up to kiss her girlfriend's cheek.

"Hi, how are you?"

"Great, and you?"

"Fantastic."

"Sorry I kept you waiting."

"Oh no no, I actually got here about three minutes ago. So, How are Jim and Mark?"

"Great, they finally decided on a date. January 21st of next year."

"Awesome! So have you decided who you'll take?" Alex joked.

"I don't know." Maggie sarcastically said, smiling.

The couple looked at their menus, Maggie deciding while Alex just looked at her girlfriend's beautiful features from her perfect eyebrows to the way she bit the inside of her top lip when she had to choose something even if it was as simple as a small meal. The Latina looked up, smiling at the redhead.

"What'd you decide on?" Alex asked her girlfriend.

"I think I'll get the angel hair pasta."

"I'm getting the spinach pesto ravioli maybe the crushed marinara ravioli."

"Sounds good."

"You look absolutely amazing tonight." Alex complemented once she put down her menu.

"Oh, thank you. Just a simple dress."

"But you pull it off beautifully."

"Thanks. I love your dress as well. The sparkle of colours especially in this light. Dazzling."

"Thank you."

Their waiter came up, he looked about 19, he had no facial hair like the other waiters, but his hair was cut and shaved very neatly. He had on a dark evergreen tie and wore a pure white button up shirt. He had on a belt that matched his tie and a pair of black slacks. He held a pad of paper in his right hand, and the pencil was tucked behind his left ear. Though even with his slightly gaunt and lanky features, he filled out his clothes well.

"Are you ladies ready to order?"

"Yes." Alex said with a pure smile. "May I have the crushed tomato spaghetti?"

"Of course." He said before turning to the other lady. "And you?"

"May I have the angel hair pasta with alfredo sauce?"

The young man nodded, finishing the order and smiled at the two ladies. "Anything to drink?"

"I'll stick with water." Maggie answered.

"May I please have a glass of Merlot?"

"Yes. anything else?"

"No thank you."

"Okay, I will be back soon with your wine, until then your food will be out shortly."

He turned on his heels, and walked to the kitchen.

"He seems like a nice kid." Maggie said turning to the redhead.

"Yeah, anyway. Where were we?"

"We were talking about our clothes."

"Let's talk about you. We've been together for a month and I've never heard you talk about you family. What are they like?"

"Oh, yeah. Well, my cuban mom is an amazing dentist and my dominican dad is as the head coach of the Seattle Sounders."

"They sound like an interesting duo."

"They are. A true power couple." Maggie ruefully answered. "What about your family?"

"My parents are very secular. Both of my parents are doctors in the field of science. My dad is an biochemist and my mom is a biological-engineer. Kara is a pediatric and prenatal nurse."

"So I guess we're both the black sheep of the family."

"Yup." Alex said with a shrug. "I'm glad about that though."

Their food came out fairly quickly. They took their plates and began to eat. Maggie looked up at Alex who was sipping her wine.

"I've actually been thinking about getting a different job. I think I want to go into Law enforcement. I have my AA degree and by being older I'll be more likely to get accepted. And being a police officer would pay higher than being a construction worker."

"If you want to do that, then that's perfectly fine. I'll even help you if you need any support of any kind."

"I guess caring for Jamie a bit more often until I graduate because I have the money to get in, it just takes months to get through."

"Then I'll do that. As you wish." She said with a smile.

Maggie smiled and went back to eating. She would glance back up at Alex every now and then, soon finishing her meal. The latter felt her phone buzz, trying not to reach for it even though she was expecting contact from her publicist. When Maggie excused herself, Alex quickly finished her meal, called for the waiter and paid the bill before checking her phone.

"Yo Lex, they accepted ur book. They want u 2 meet up tomorrow w/ their editor at the building." "Lex?" "I need u 2 read this soon, Danvers."

Alex smiled, and covered her mouth, so excited that she could literally jump for joy, but being in a public place like this, she just kept all of her emotions contained for later after her date. She quickly texted back, "Sorry for the late reply, on a date. Thank you so much for helping me! I'm so happy right now, thank you thank you thank you soooo much!"

"Hey, no problem, just go to their office at 9 am. They'll have an editor there to go over it with you. Just stay calm, be collected and listen to them. Don't sell out." They texted her.

She smiled exhaled trying to keep herself calm. Alex looked up, waiting for Maggie to tell her the news. Her check came back, so Alex took her card before she left a tip on the table, looking up when she saw that amazing dark red dress. She smiled as her eyes traveled up the dress to her girlfriend's beautiful dark brown eyes. The redhead stood up and walked out with her girlfriend, going to the blue four door sedan leaning against the backseat door, watching as Maggie leant next to her. Alex quickly turned and pulled the latina into a kiss, placing her hand on her jaw and pulled away, waiting for the other woman's reaction. Maggie pulled Alex back in, wrapping her arms around the redhead's neck and kissing her, arching her back as her girlfriend slipped her hand to her waist, then to her spine, dragging her finger up and down the dip of her muscles and kissed her even deeper. She slid a hand to Alex's jaw and pulled away.

"My book got published." Alex told Maggie.

"What?!" Maggie responded looking at her girlfriend to see if she was actually telling the truth. "Oh my god, babe! Congrats." She said kissing her again and embracing her.